Woman hit by shotgun blast while lying in bed two floors above neighbour: police
A woman was hit by a shotgun blast on Oct. 18, 2024 as she was lying in her bed. A man who lives two floors below her was charged with injuring her. (Swidda Rassy, CTV News)
A 65-year-old Repentigny man is facing charges after allegedly drunkenly firing a shotgun in his apartment and injuring a young woman who was sleeping in her bed two floors above.
Police in Repentigny arrested the man on Friday after responding to a shooting in a four-storey building on Notre-Dame Street near Levesque street in the municipality just east of Montreal.
Spokesperson Bruno Marier said that 23-year-old Angelique Croteau was in her bed two floors above the suspect who was on the ground floor.
"It's unreal," said Angelique's father Stephane Croteau. "She was in her bed scrolling on her phone."
She suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was rushed to the hospital. Her father said her intenstines were injured.
"She's suffering so much she wants to die [but] my daughter is a fighter," he said. "When she gets out of the hospital, she'll come live with me. We'll be strong for her and we'll take care of her."
The man was located sitting in his car in the parking lot and was arrested. Police say he was impaired while put under arrest.
Police added that the suspected gun was a legally-owned hunting rifle and that there was another gun in the apartment.
He appeared in the Joliette courthouse on Saturday on assault and weapons charges.
Stephane Croteau said his daughter woke up on Sunday and needed to be medicated. The family is incensed that something like this would happen in her city.
"My daughter lives in Repentigny," he said. "We're not in Laval or in the US where it happens every day."
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